Topps Chrome MVP Buyback Program Coming to NBA
The Topps Chrome MVP Buyback Program is coming to the NBA for the 2025-26 season, a continuation of a program that began in baseball in 2023.
Starting next week when Topps Chrome Basketball hits store shelves, collectors will want to start saving cards of the players they think have the best chance at earning winning MVP honors, as base issues and parallels of the eventual winner can be redeemed at select hobby shops for store credit.
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If the eventual NBA MVP is not on the Topps Chrome base set checklist, the player’s Topps Chrome Update base card and parallels will become eligible for buyback credit instead.
The amount of store credit issued to collectors depends upon the rarity of the card(s) exchanged. Base cards of the MVP will be worth $20 in credit, while rare numbered Refractor parallels can be worth up to $200 in store credit. A list of qualifying hobby shops and those online dealers which will accept mail-in submissions is available on Topps’ website.
The trade-in period is for roughly the three months following the official MVP announcement from the NBA.
Collectors can find out below how much store credit certain versions of cards from the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball set will earn.
$20 in store credit (Base cards)
- Base Cards
- Base Card Image Variations
$40 in store credit (Unnumbered parallels)
- Base Refractors Parallel
- Base Refractors Prism Parallel
- Base Refractors Negative Parallel
- Base Refractors Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Red White And Blue Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Parallel
- Base Refractors Pulsar Parallel
- Base X-Fractors Parallel
- Base Refractors Skylight Parallel
- Base Refractors Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Silver Basketball Parallel
$100 in store credit (Numbered parallels above /100)
- Base Refractors Magenta Parallel
- Base Refractors Teal Parallel
- Base Refractors Yellow Parallel
- Base Refractors Yellow Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Yellow Parallel
- Base Refractors Aqua Parallel
- Base Refractors Aqua Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Aqua Parallel
- Base Refractors Box Set Parallel
- Base Refractors Blue Parallel
- Base Refractors Blue Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Blue Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Blue Parallel
$200 in store credit (Numbered parallels /99 or fewer)
- Base Refractors Green Parallel
- Base Refractors Green Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Green Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Green Parallel
- Base Card Image Variation Refractors Green Speckle Parallel
- Base Refractors Purple Parallel
- Base Refractors Purple Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Purple Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Pulsar Purple Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Purple Parallel
- Base Refractors Gold Parallel
- Base Refractors Gold Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Geometric Gold Parallel
- Base Refractors Gold Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Pulsar Gold Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Gold Parallel
- Base Card Image Variation Refractors Gold Speckle Parallel
- Base Refractors Orange Parallel
- Base Refractors Orange Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Geometric Orange Parallel
- Base Refractors Orange Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Pulsar Orange Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Orange Parallel
- Base Card Image Variation Refractors Orange Speckle Parallel
- Base Refractors First Day Issue Parallel
- Base Refractors Black Parallel
- Base Refractors Black Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Geometric Black Parallel
- Base Refractors Black Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Pulsar Black Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Black Parallel
- Base Card Image Variation Refractrors Black Speckle Parallel
- Base Refractors First Day Issue Green Yellow And Purple Parallel
- Base Refractors Red Parallel
- Base Frozenfractors Parallel
- Base Refractors Red Wave Parallel
- Base Refractors Geometric Red Parallel
- Base Refractors Red Basketball Parallel
- Base Refractors Pulsar Red Parallel
- Base Refractors Raywave Red Parallel
- Base Card Image Variation Refractors Red Speckle Parallel
- Base Refractors Geometric White Parallel
- Base Superfractors Parallel
- Base Card Image Variation Superfractors Parallel
